Prominent journalist sentenced in Iran; report on Khashoggi murder demands accountability
June in the Middle East and North Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Ahmed Mansoor in isolation, Bahrain accelerates targeting of human rights defenders, Egypt tests new censorship law: MENA in May
May in the Middle East and North Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Saudi Arabia executes 37 citizens, Sisi could rule Egypt until 2030, Yemeni journalists tortured
April in the Middle East and North Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Soutoudeh receives heavy sentence, Shawkan and Alaa Abd El-Fatah complete theirs, plus Bahrain’s Formula One v. human rights
MENA in March: Iranian lawyer Nasrin Soutoudeh sentenced to 38 years; a campaign against F1 complicity, an index of online incitement against Palestinians, and more.
Shawkan finally free, Hakeem returns to Australia, and Bedoon activists persecuted
February in the Middle East and North Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Bahrain now: A conversation with Husain Abdulla
Husain Abdulla, Executive Director of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), speaks to IFEX about impunity in Bahrain.
In Bahrain, the two-faced nature of impunity: Oppressors rewarded, activists suffer
IFEX examines how the Bahraini government rewards oppressors while imposing a climate of terror on human rights defenders, dissidents and journalists.
Saudi teenager granted asylum in Canada, Palestinian journalists ‘collateral victims’ and 26 Bahrainis stripped of citizenship
January in the Middle East and North Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Iran goes after lawyers, Bahraini and Emirati activists’ sentences upheld, Syrian activists remembered
A roundup of key free expression news in the Middle East and North Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Egypt now: A conversation with Amira Abdelhamid
Amira Abdelhamid shares her thoughts on how legislation is being used to close civic space in Egypt.
How “national security” rhetoric and laws are being used to shut down Egypt’s civic space
IFEX examines how the Egyptian government has been manipulating fears over national security as part of its widespread crackdown on activists, lawyers and journalists.
Women tortured, teachers arrested and brutal ‘tests’ for LGBTQI+
A roundup of key free expression news in the Middle East and North Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Murder in the Saudi consulate, Bahrain’s jailed activists, Egypt’s contempt for the law, and more
A roundup of key free expression news in the Middle East and North Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Women in the headlines – for all the wrong reasons, plus a round-up of MENA’s latest free expression news
A roundup of key free expression news in the Middle East and North Africa, based on IFEX member reports.